As we’ve all heard by now, a bridge collapsed in Minnesota; it was initially thought that only four people had died, but that number appears to be rising.

Divers searched the Mississippi River on Thursday for more bodies entombed in cars trapped beneath the twisted steel and concrete slabs of a collapsed bridge. As many as 30 people were missing as the effort shifted from rescue to recovery.

The official death count stood at four Thursday morning, but Police Chief Tim Dolan said more victims were still in the water.

“We have a number of vehicles that are underneath big pieces of concrete, and we do know we have some people in those vehicles,” Dolan said. “We know we do have more casualties at the scene.”

You’d want to think those thirty-or-so people are alive; but a big part of me fears that most, if not all, have probably passed. Our prayers and thoughts go out to the victims’ families, as well as those who may be trapped under the wreckage.